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Greenpeace USA today announced that Phil Radford, well-known among a new generation of environmental leaders for his grassroots organizing achievements, will serve as its next executive director.

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) voted today to limit the large-scale fishing of menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay. While the vote represents the first time that the ASMFC has regulated menhaden fishing, Greenpeace was critical of the Commission for not taking stronger action to reverse the decline of this important species.

Greenpeace is encouraged that President Bush has brought hydrogen and fuel cells into the national spotlight as a solution to our nation's energy problems. However, his FreedomFuel initiative in its current form is a dirty energy trap for Americans. Unless hydrogen is produced using clean energy sources -- not coal and nuclear power as the Bush plan proposes --our country's security will be further undermined with increased nuclear waste and accelerated global warming.

To highlight its concern about Kellogg's continued use of genetically engineered ingredients in the food it produces for US consumers, Greenpeace served a "Kellogg's-free breakfast" aboard its ship the Arctic Sunrise docked this weekend in San Diego harbor. The breakfast, attended by nearly 100 members of the public, featured foods with organically grown ingredients, guaranteed not to be contaminated by genetically engineered soya, corn or canola.

Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Dell see their scores drop in the latest edition of Greenpeace’s “Guide to Greener Electronics” ranking, released today. All three PC makers have been given a penalty point for backtracking on their commitment to eliminate vinyl plastic (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from their products by the end of 2009.

Including forest protection measures in carbon markets would crash the price of carbon by up to 75 percent and derail international efforts to tackle global warming, according to a new report commissioned by Greenpeace. The group says that lower costs for relatively abundant forest credits would dilute carbon markets, discouraging needed investments in clean technologies.

A nationwide recall of Morningstar Farms meat-free Corn Dogs was announced yesterday by Kellogg’s, after the company acknowledged that the products contained StarLink corn, a variety of gene-altered corn that is not approved for human consumption. Last week, Greenpeace revealed that an independent laboratory found the StarLink contamination, but Kellogg's refused to follow other food companies who immediately pulled products that tested positive for the illegal corn, instead waiting nearly a week before issuing the recall.

Greenpeace and the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York called on the members of the United Nations to use U.N. resolution 377, known as "Uniting for Peace" to avoid a war on Iraq.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Greenpeace, the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC), and Dr. Joseph Romm of the Center for American Progress today released a report commissioned from the German Aerospace Center (the German equivalent of NASA) that shows how the United States can meet the energy needs of a growing economy and achieve science-based cuts in global warming pollution – without nuclear power or coal. The report, entitled “Energy [R]evolution,” is co-authored by Greenpeace and EREC and includes a foreword by Dr. R.K. Pachauri, chairman of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

California wine makers will face massive consumer rejection if they accept genetically engineered (GE) grapes, according to a just-released report by Greenpeace. More than 30 requests for field trials of engineered grapes have already been granted in California and other states, including research into GE grapes resistant to Pierce's Disease. A Greenpeace survey of British retailers representing 80 percent of the UK's wine sales found that all would refuse to carry wine made from gene-altered grapes. Britain is the largest export market for California wine, consuming 30 percent of the state's wine exports. The report also includes a compilation of U.S. public opinion polls that show increasing concern among Americans about GE crops.